Chin State - Transport

Transport

The Government has been building many new miles of roads in the mountainous region. Earth roads have been upgraded into metaled ones, and the metaled roads to bituminous facilities. The 115-mile (185 km) Kalay-Falam-Haka road is already completed. Bituminous roads include

• 70 miles and four furlong Gangaw-Haka Road
• 102 miles Mindat-Matupi Road
• 172 miles and seven furlong Haka-Matupi Road
• 115 miles and one furlong Kalay-Falam-Haka Road
• 53 miles long Haka-Hmandaw Road is under construction and almost completed by the donation of Chin (Laimi peoples) communities around the world.
• Kyaukhtu-Mindat road linking Chin State and Magway Division have been built.

ASEAN Highway crosses through the center of Chinland settling areas of Madalay-Kalay-Tamu-Lamka/Behiang The sector wise upgrading of the gateways to Chin State

• Mandalay-Sagaing-Monywa-Gangaw-Haka road
• Pakokku-Pauk-Tabyin-Kyaukhtu-Mindat road

is in progress at present.

The Kyaukhtu Airport, built by Directorate of Military Engineers of the Ministry of Defence in Kyaukhtu, Saw Township, Gangaw District, Magway Division, was commissioned into service on July 10, 2004. The airport has helped develop the transport sector of southern Chin State linking Yaw and Pakokku regions in Magway Division. Cars can reach Kanpetlet from Magway (capital of Magway division) via Saw and from Kyautthu and Mindat and Matupi in southern Chin State from Pakukku via Kyaukhtu.

In 1988, the state has two over 180-foot (55 m) bridges:

• 270 foot Natzan Bridge in Tonzang Township
• 240 foot Lemro Bridge in Matupi Township.

The Military Government has built the 340-foot (100 m) Var Bridge across Manipura River on Kalay-Haka Road in Falam Township in 1998 and 480-foot (150 m) 'Mansuang Hlei' Bridge across River Manipura on Tiddim-Kaptel-Rih Lake road in Tiddim District in 2002. The 460-foot (140 m) Mansaung Bridge is being built across Manipura River on Tiddim-Rih Lake section.